Sex-ed in Massachusetts = A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-C-E
A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-C-E = B-A-L-O-N-E-Y
look, i'm not a proponent of promiscuous sex, ok...? i'm also not a fan of teen pregnancy nor am i a fan of aids... i've seen enough of both to last me a lifetime... and, ya know what...? i'm also not a fan of ignorance...
there's this fundamental reality about us humans... we're, among other things, sexual beings... and ya know what else...? sex ain't a bad thing... in fact, it's a gift, but it's also like any of our other drives, appetites, and desires... it's to be respected, understood, and used in constructive, dignified, healthy, and wise ways... fostering the notion that a) sex is a bad thing that should be avoided and b) human beings either shouldn't or mustn't engage in sexual behavior are both patent baloney... a) is simply not true and b) simply ain't gonna happen...
keep in mind that behind all this nonsense are the fundamentalist christian extremists who, in their righteous ideology, want to impose their rigid belief system, via government, on all of us... but not all governments are as susceptible to such crap as the various governmental entities in the u.s. currently seem to be... some actually take their responsibility to the common good much more seriously...
there's a big flap over sex education here in argentina, not so much in schools but in society in general... the government has developed and widely promoted a condom and aids awareness program that's clever, informed and, in my view, right on the money... but guess who's fighting it...? yep... the catholic church... but the government ain't buyin'it... for right now, the government's winning... Submit To Propeller
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The Romney administration plans to introduce a new abstinence education program in Massachusetts schools beginning next month, the state's most aggressive effort yet to use a controversial method of teaching Bay State teenagers about sex.
The campaign, scheduled to last through June 2007, will only target certain schools and will be aimed especially at teens in black and Hispanic communities, who tend to have higher rates of sexual activity.
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The campaign would be funded by a $50 million federal abstinence-only grant program, which provides money to states for initiatives that teach abstinence but deliberately do not address condoms and other methods of contraception.
look, i'm not a proponent of promiscuous sex, ok...? i'm also not a fan of teen pregnancy nor am i a fan of aids... i've seen enough of both to last me a lifetime... and, ya know what...? i'm also not a fan of ignorance...
there's this fundamental reality about us humans... we're, among other things, sexual beings... and ya know what else...? sex ain't a bad thing... in fact, it's a gift, but it's also like any of our other drives, appetites, and desires... it's to be respected, understood, and used in constructive, dignified, healthy, and wise ways... fostering the notion that a) sex is a bad thing that should be avoided and b) human beings either shouldn't or mustn't engage in sexual behavior are both patent baloney... a) is simply not true and b) simply ain't gonna happen...
keep in mind that behind all this nonsense are the fundamentalist christian extremists who, in their righteous ideology, want to impose their rigid belief system, via government, on all of us... but not all governments are as susceptible to such crap as the various governmental entities in the u.s. currently seem to be... some actually take their responsibility to the common good much more seriously...
there's a big flap over sex education here in argentina, not so much in schools but in society in general... the government has developed and widely promoted a condom and aids awareness program that's clever, informed and, in my view, right on the money... but guess who's fighting it...? yep... the catholic church... but the government ain't buyin'it... for right now, the government's winning... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
12/21/2005
